A Tradition of Excellence
HEAD & NECK PATHOLOGY SERVICES
Positive High Risk HPV mRNA ISH
The Vanderbilt University Medical Center head and neck pathology team, led by James (Jim) Lewis Jr.
MD, offers diagnostic expertise in the many complex areas of head and neck specimens. The team
provides quick turn-around on diagnostic procedures, personalized reporting, and is available for
telephone consultation with referring pathologists and clinicians.
Dr. Lewis has presented nationally and internationally on head and neck cancer and HPV, and he is
part of both the College of American Pathologists “HPV Testing in Head and Neck Lesions” and also the
“Head and Neck Biomarker Reporting” committees. He is specifically available for consultation
regarding need, type, and reporting of ancillary tests in head and neck pathology.
Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
For more information on available services, please call VPLS at 1-800-551-5227, or visit on-line at: www.labVU.com
HEAD & NECK PATHOLOGY SERVICES
A Tradition of Excellence
VPLS offers a wide-range of head and neck pathology-related testing and consultation
services. We will work with your institution to provide the highest quality services to your
patients and physicians.
Our testing services include evaluation of:
Bone and Soft Tissue
Mucosal-Based Lesions
Neck Masses
Odontogenic Lesions
p16 & HPV Testing
Salivary Gland Lesions
Sinonasal Lesions
Thyroid & Parathyroid Lesions
Recent Publications by Dr. Lewis Related to Head and Neck Pathology:
Bishop, JA, Lewis, JS Jr., Rocco, JW, Faquin, WC. HPV-related squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: An
update on testing in routine pathology practice. Semin Diagn Pathol, e-pub ahead of print, 2015
Lewis JS Jr., Chernock RD. Human papillomavirus and Epstein-Barr virus in head and neck carcinomas – suggestions
for the new WHO Classification. Head Neck Pathol. 8(1):50-8, 2015
Amacher, AM, Goyal, B, Lewis, JS Jr., El-Mofty, SK, Chernock, RD. Prevalence of a hobnail pattern in papillary, poorly
differentiated, and anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: a possible manifestation of high-grade transformation. Am J Surg
Pathol, 39(2), 260-5, 2015
Lewis, JS Jr., Chernock, RD, Haynes, W, El-Mofty, SK. Low-grade Papillary Schneiderian Carcinoma, a Unique and
Deceptively Bland Malignant Neoplasm: Report of a Case. Am J Surg Pathol, 39(5), 714-21, 2015
Patel KR, Chernock RD, Sinha P, Muller S, El-Mofty SK, Lewis, JS Jr. Verrucous carcinoma with dysplasia or minimal
invasion – A variant of verrucous carcinoma with extremely favorable prognosis. Head Neck Pathol 1(9):65-73, 2015.
Cai C, Chernock RD, Pittman ME, El-Mofty SK, Thorstad WL, Lewis JS Jr. Keratinizing-type squamous cell carcinoma
of the oropharynx – p16 overexpression is associated with positive high risk HPV status and improved survival. Am J
Surg Pathol 38(6):809-15, 2014
VPLS provides detailed collection and transport protocols to help insure that tissue samples
arrive at our laboratory in an acceptable condition for analysis. Our faculty consultants
provide an integrated diagnostic report of all studies performed. VPLS provides your
institution with all the necessary collection and transport supplies, reporting, billing and
customer support services to facilitate your specimen referrals to Vanderbilt.
For more information on available services, please call VPLS at 1-800-551-5227, or visit on-line at: www.labVU.com